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War and memory: dealing with the past causes unending debate

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Contemporary Germans are struggling with their identity and how to best remember the Holocaust and Communist-rule. Efforts to name a square after actress Marlene Dietrich sparked controversy because she supported the Allies during World War II. The Holocaust memorial has also revived questions about the past.

Social aspects, Germany, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Public opinion, Monuments, Group identity, Social identity, National socialists, Dietrich, Marlene

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Tracking the death squads to Canada

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Florencio Caballero is a former member of Battalion 316, a group partially financed and trained by the CIA to eliminate communist insurgents. Caballero is testifying about the death squad's activities and hopes to gain refugee status in Canada.

Cases, Crime, Honduras, War criminals, Death squads, Caballero, Florencio

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The tunnel that started the battle

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The opening of a new exit from the ancient tunnel in Jerusalem near sites that are holy to Muslins and Jews sparked riots by Palestinians. The situation was already explosive, and the tunnel provided a reason for the riots.

Cover Story, Demonstrations and protests, Antiquities, Palestinian Arabs, Jerusalem, Israel

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